Outward FDI flows by industry

Foreign direct investment (FDI)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a category of cross-border investment in which an investor resident in one economy establishes a lasting interest in and a significant degree of influence over an enterprise resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power in an enterprise in one economy by an investor in another economy is evidence of such a relationship. FDI is a key element in international economic integration because it creates stable and long-lasting links between economies. FDI is an important channel for the transfer of technology between countries, promotes international trade through access to foreign markets, and can be an important vehicle for economic development. The indicators covered in this group are inward and outward values for stocks, flows and income, by partner country and by industry and FDI restrictiveness.

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Outward FDI flows by industry

Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows by industry record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions from the reporting economy during a year, by industry sector. It represents transactions that increase the investment that investors in the reporting economy have in enterprises resident abroad less any transactions that decrease the investment that investors in the reporting economy have in enterprises resident abroad, for a specific industry. It is shown for a restricted list of nine ISIC4 industries while the source database includes outward FDI flows for 84 ISIC4 industries. Resident Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) are excluded for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Iceland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Portugal. SPEs do not exist or are not significant in Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey and the United States. This indicator is measured in USD millions.

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